Acrodermatitis Enteropathica - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Home Remedies
Acrodermatitis Enteropathica is dermatitis, hair loss, diarrhea and zinc deficiency.
Symptoms of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
- Avoidance of Specific food.
- Growth failure
- Chronic diarrhea
- Bloating and flatulence (gas)
- The diagnosis may be made by a trial of a lactose-free diet or by special testing.
- Periorificial and acral dermatitis
- Diarrhea, behavioral changes, and neurologic disturba
- Skin rash
- Copper or brownish-red-colored papule which is flat-topped and firm.
- Generally not itchy
- Symmetrical distribution
Causes of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
- A big spectrum of diseases may occur from Malabsorption.
- All the aforementioned clinical symptoms, that get simply and fastly reversible with zinc supplementation are caused by Zinc deficiency.
- Normaly malabsorption may avoid by decreas specific sugars, fats, proteins, or vitamins.
- Acrodermatitis's lesions appear as small coppery-red, flat-topped firm papules (bumps) which appear in crops and sometimes as long lines.
- The lesions are often symmetric and affectr on the face, arms, legs, and buttocks.
Treatment of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
- Consult your health care provider if you experince symptoms of malabsorption.
- In AE, maintain zinc therapy the treatment is given by concidering patient's life span.
- Warm compresses applied 3 times in a day on areas of weeping or crusted dermatitis may enhance reepithelialization when used with zinc replacement.
- Treatment can control conditions like hepatitis B and Epstein-Barr virus infection.
- Hereditary acrodermatitis enteropathica can be undercontrol by Zinc.
Drugs for Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
- Zinc sulfate or gluconate
- Petrolatum (Vaseline)
- Zinc sulfate work as the medicine which is an innocuous, less expensive, and very effective on acrodermatitis enteropathica.
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